Re: linux 4.0

[Janina Sajka <janina@afb.org>]

 > As for the question about windows 95 dos and linux running It works fine
 > if you get a good boot strap program you can run all the OS you want to.

I recommend Partition Magic by Power Quest coupled with System 
Commander by V Communications. These two actually make a very blind 
friendly multiple OS possible on one machine. I don't have mine booting 
Linux yet, but I've had no problems over the past six months with 
Windows 95, DOS 6.22, and OS/2 Warp. I've just trashed my DOS and OS/2 
partitions to make room for Linux <grin>.

Partition Magic can be run with speech very successfully. While it 
comes with all kinds of GUI glitz, you don't actually need to use the 
GUI. There's one program, I think it's PQMAGICT.EXE, that does all the 
partitioning, and it's fully character-based. And, it directly supports 
Linux partitions.

I've not actually installed the System Commander piece myself, so I 
won't venture a guess at how speech friendly it is or isn't. The two 
are now bundled together, I understand, and the price should be under $100.

Once the partitioning is complete and you're System Commander is 
installed, you'll come up to a simple menu at boot. Fortunately for the 
blind user, System Commander plays a little non-tune through the PC 
Speaker to summon your attention, so you'll know it's time to indicate 
the OS you wish to select. It remembers and highlights your last boot, 
but you can also type 'a' or 'b' or 'c' etc to indicate your selection. 
The last letter is to boot from floppy, so you can even tell your CMOS 
not to search for bootable floppies on boot up and still use a floppy 
to boot from when you want to.
 
				Janina Sajka, Director
				Information Systems Department
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
 
janina@afb.org


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